Veil of secrecy over MEPs’ accounts

Eurosceptic MEPs from the Europe of Democracies and Diversities group are forever complaining about the lack of openness in the EU, but a recent argument over their accounts suggests that they may not be practising what they preach.

European Voice

7/5/00, 5:00 PM CET

Updated 4/12/14, 5:54 AM CET

Apparently the group is so cagey about letting anyone study its accounts that even its own secretary-general Patrick Reynolds has been denied access to them. He is believed to have written to the president of the Court of Auditors asking him to try to get a look at them instead.